Guide for Submission of Perkins Career and Technical Sta

U. S. Department of Education

Office of Vocational and Adult Education

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The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006

GUIDE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF STATE PLANS

OMB Control Number:1830-0029

Expiration Date: 06/30/2013

Public Burden Statement:

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 hours per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. The obligation to respond to this collection is required to obtain or retain benefit (Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006). Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20210-4537 or email ICDocketMgr@ed.gov and reference the OMB Control Number 1830-0029. Note: Please do not return the completed State Plans to this address. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, write directly to: Dr. Edward R. Smith, Chief, Program Administration Branch, Division of Academic and Technical Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education, 550 12^th Street, SW, Potomac Center Plaza, Room 11060, Washington, DC 20202-7241.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 3

COVER PAGE 5

CHECKLIST OF STATE PLAN SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS 6

PART A: STATE PLAN NARRATIVE 8

Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration Prior to Plan Submission 9

Program Administration 11

Provision of Services for Special Populations 15

Accountability and Evaluation 17

Tech Prep Programs 22

Financial Requirements 24

EDGAR Certifications and Other Assurances 27

PART B: BUDGET FORMS 30

PART C: ACCOUNTABILITY FORMS 35

1. Student Definitions 38

A. Secondary Level 38

B. Postsecondary/Adult Level 38

2. Final Agreed Upon Performance Levels (FAUPL) Form 39

INTRODUCTION

The Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) developed this guide to assist you in preparing your State plan under the newly authorized Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Act), 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq. as amended by P.L. 109-270. Sections 122(a)(1) and 201(c) require each eligible agency desiring assistance under Titles I and II, respectively, for any fiscal year to prepare and submit to the Secretary a State plan for a 6-year period, except that, during the first fiscal year following the enactment of the Act which operates from July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008), each eligible agency may fulfill its obligation by submitting a one-year transition plan.

The framework for the guide is based on the requirements in the Act and a renewed vision of career and technical education (CTE) programs for the 21^st century. Signed into law on August 12, 2006, the Act represents nearly three years of work on the part of Congress and the U.S. Department of Education (Department), in cooperation with other Federal agencies and the State and local agencies affected by its policies, to provide continuing Federal support for rigorous CTE programs that prepare students for today’s competitive workforce. The Act envisions that all students will achieve challenging academic and technical standards and be prepared for high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations in current or emerging professions. The Act provides an increased focus on the academic achievement of career and technical education students, improves State and local accountability, and strengthens the connections between secondary and postsecondary education.

This guide is organized into three parts. Part A outlines the required State plan narrative for the State plan in seven key areas: planning, coordination, and collaboration prior to State plan submission; program administration; provision of services to special populations; accountability and evaluation; tech prep programs; financial requirements; and EDGAR certifications and other assurances. For each of these areas, the statutory requirements are provided, along with other U.S. Department of Education (Department) requirements. Each section of the guide also includes procedural suggestions and planning reminders to help you prepare your State plan narrative, although these items are not required as part of your State plan submission. Upon approval of the above discussed State Plan (year 2 of the legislation), submission requirements for each of the four remaining years of the legislation will consist of a budget submission and any revisions to the State Plan. Prior to the third and fifth years of the legislation, states are required to submit performance levels for program years three and four and five and six, respectively, for the core indicators of performance described in section 113(b) of Perkins IV. See Part C of the State Plan Guide.

Part B includes the required budget form. Information and directions for completing the budget form are provided in the financial requirements section (VI) of Part A.

Part C includes the required accountability form. Information and directions for completing the accountability form are provided in the accountability and evaluation section (IV) of Part A.

As indicated above, each State has several options in preparing its State plans. A State may complete a one-year transition plan, a six-year plan, or a unified plan pursuant to section 501 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220). Each State that chooses to submit a one-year transition plan must follow the instructions provided in the shaded boxes under the section headings throughout this guide. Each State that opts to submit a 6-year plan must complete each item in this guide. Any State that wishes to submit a unified plan must follow any instructions and submission requirements provided by the Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. For further information, please contact Janet Sten the Federal Coordinator for Plan Review and Approval, at sten.janet@dol.gov, or Robin Fernkas at fernkas.robin@dol.gov, or (202-693-3054).

Section 202 of the Act provides each State with the option to consolidate all or a part of its funds under section 201 of the Act with funds received under section 111 of the Act in order to carry out the activities described in the State plan under section 122. States that opt to consolidate all of their funds do not need to complete the tech prep programs section (V) in Part A and must add together the amounts received under section 111 and 122 of the Act before completing the budget form. A state may submit a revision in any subsequent program year to change whether it will or will not continue to consolidate its tech prep funds.

The Department will issue, via program memorandum, each year its timeline for receiving State plan revisions and issuing grant awards.

Submission Instructions

You must submit your State plan, including the Cover Page, (revisions and budget for post State Plan approval years) no later than close of business (5:00 pm EST) in accordance with EDGAR 76.703 (b)(3)(ii), of each submission year. State plans may be entered into the electronic Perkins IV State Plan Database www.perkinsinfo.com/stateplans20(year of submission).

You must submit, in hard copy to the address below, signed originals of any pages within the document that require a signature. This includes the Cover Page, EDGAR certifications, and other assurances.

Submission Address

Edward R. Smith, Branch Chief

Program Administration Branch

Division of Academic and Technical Education

Office of Vocational and Adult Education

U.S. Department of Education

550 12^th Street, SW

Potomac Center Plaza, Room 11060

Washington, DC 20202-7241

Publication Information

The Department may publish your State plan, in whole or in part, on our Web site or through other means available to us.

We look forward to reviewing your State plans and your initiatives to implement the new Act in the coming years. Staff of the Division of Academic and Technical Education (DATE), particularly your State Liaisons and Regional Accountability Specialists, are available at any time to answer questions that arise as you prepare your plan.

U. S. Department of Education

Office of Vocational and Adult Education

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The Carl D. Perkins

Career and Technical Education Act of 2006

STATE PLAN COVER PAGE

State Name: ______________________

Eligible Agency Submitting Plan on Behalf of State:

Person at, or representing, the eligible agency responsible for answering questions on this plan:

Signature:

Name:

Position:

Telephone: ( )

Email:

Type of State Plan Submission (check one):

___ 6-Year Full Plan – FY 2007 – FY 2013

___ 1-Year Transition Plan – FY 2007-2008

Special Features of State Plan Submission (check all that apply):

___ Unified - Secondary and Postsecondary

___ Unified - Postsecondary Only

___ Title I only (All Title II funds have been consolidated under Title I)

___ Title I and Title II

I.CHECKLIST OF STATE PLAN SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

State Plan Items	Six-Year Plan 2007 or 2008	One-Year Transition Plan 2007	Year 2009	Year 2010	Year 2011	Year 2012	Year 2013	Year 2014	Year 2015
PART A: STATE PLAN NARRATIVE
Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration Prior to State Plan Submission	All items required	Not required	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any
Program Administration	All items required	Only items A2(a-l); A8; B1; and B2 required	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any
Provision of Services for Special Populations	All items required	Only items A1(a-c) required	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any	Revisions if any
Accountability and Evaluation	All items required	All items required, except for the baseline data and performance levels	Revisions for negotiations on performance levels for years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.	Revisions if any	Revisions for negotiations on performance levels for years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013.	Revisions if any	Revisions for negotiations on performance levels for 2014	Revisions for negotiations on performance levels for 2015	Revisions for negotiations on performance levels for 2016
Tech Prep Programs	All items required if State is using all or a portion of its Title II grant funds for its tech prep programs No items required if consolidating all of its Title II grant funds into its basic grant programs	Only items A(1); B(1); and B(2) required if State is using all or a portion of its Title II grant funds for its tech-prep programs No items required if consolidating all of its Title II grant funds into its basic grant programs	Revision required if there is a change to state plans prior year status.	Revision required if there is a change to state plans prior year status.	Revision required if there is a change to state plans prior year status.	Revision required if there is a change to state plans prior year status.	TP no longer receiving funding	TP no longer receiving funding	TP no longer receiving funding
Financial Requirements	All items required	All items required	Revisions if any and new Budget in Part C.	Revisions if any and new Budget in Part C.	Revisions if any and new Budget in Part C.	Revisions if any and new Budget in Part C.	Revisions if any and new Budget in Part C.	Revisions if any and new Budget in Part C.	Revisions if any and new Budget in Part C.
EDGAR Certifications and Other Assurances	All items required	All items required	Only for Revisions that impact the Certifications and Assurances	Only for Revisions that impact the Certifications and Assurances	Only for Revisions that impact the Certifications and Assurances	Only for Revisions that impact the Certifications and Assurances	Only for Revisions that impact the Certifications and Assurances	Only for Revisions that impact the Certifications and Assurances	Only for Revisions that impact the Certifications and Assurances
PART B: BUDGET FORMS
Title I – Basic Grant	All items required	All items required	All items required	All items required	All items required	All items required	All items required	All items required	All items required
Title II – Tech Prep Programs	All items required if using all or a portion of its Title II grant funds for its tech prep programs No items required if consolidating all of its Title II grant funds into its basic grant programs	All items required if using all or a portion of its Title II grant funds for its tech prep programs No items required if consolidating all of its Title II grant funds into its basic grant programs	Revision required if there is a change to state plans prior year status.	Revision required if there is a change to state plans prior year status.	Revision required if there is a change to state plans prior year status.	Revision required if there is a change to state plans prior year status.	TP no longer receiving funding	TP no longer receiving funding	TP no longer receiving funding
PART C: ACCOUNTABILITY FORMS
Definitions	All items required	All items required	Any revisions	Any revisions	Any revisions	Any revisions	Any revisions	Any revisions	Any revisions
Final Agreed Upon Performance Levels (FAUPL) Form – Secondary Level	All items required	Student definition, and measurement definitions and approaches for all core indicators Baseline data and performance levels	Revisions for performance levels for years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011	Revisions if any	Revisions for performance levels for years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013	Revisions if any	Revisions for performance levels for year 2014	Revisions for performance levels for years 2015	Revisions for performance levels for year 2016

PART A: STATE PLAN NARRATIVE

I. PLANNING, COORDINATION, AND COLLABORATION PRIOR TO PLAN SUBMISSION

States that submit a transition plan do not need to address the items in this section until they prepare their five-year plan prior to the second program year (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009). States that submit a six-year State plan must complete this entire section.

A. Statutory Requirements

1. You must conduct public hearings in the State, after appropriate and sufficient notice, for the purpose of affording all segments of the public and interested organizations and groups (including charter school authorizers and organizers consistent with State law, employers, labor organizations, parents, students, and community organizations), an opportunity to present their views and make recommendations regarding the State plan. [Sec. 122(a)(3)]

2. You must include a summary of the above recommendations and the eligible agency’s response to such recommendations in the State plan. [Sec. 122(a)(3)]

3. You must develop the State plan in consultation with academic and career and technical education teachers, faculty, and administrators; career guidance and academic counselors; eligible recipients; charter school authorizers and organizers consistent with State law; parents and students; institutions of higher education; the State tech prep coordinator and representatives of tech prep consortia (if applicable); entities participating in activities described in section 111 of Public Law 105-220; interested community members (including parents and community organizations); representatives of special populations; representatives of business and industry (including representatives of small business); and representatives of labor organizations in the State. You also must consult the Governor of the State with respect to development of the State plan. [Sec. 122(b)(1)(A)-(B)]

4. You must develop effective activities and procedures, including access to information needed to use such procedures, to allow the individuals and entities listed in item 3 above to participate in State and local decisions that relate to development of the State plan. [Sec. 122(b)(2)]

5. You must develop the portion of the State plan relating to the amount and uses of any funds proposed to be reserved for adult career and technical education, postsecondary career and technical education, tech prep education, and secondary career and technical education after consultation with the State agency responsible for supervision of community colleges, technical institutes, or other 2-year postsecondary institutions primarily engaged in providing postsecondary career and technical education, and the State agency responsible for secondary education. If a State agency finds that a portion of the final State plan is objectionable, the State agency must file its objections with you. You must respond to any objections you receive in the State plan that you submit to the Secretary. [Sec. 122(e)(3)]

B. Procedural Suggestions and Planning Reminders

• You should maintain a record of the public hearings that includes copies of the notices for the hearings, what media were used to publicize the hearings, mailing lists used for notification, where the hearings were held, and attendance levels. See section 122(a)(3).

• You should develop and implement policies and procedures for the framework of consultations required by section 122(b)(1)(A-B) and section 122(b)(2) of the Act; moreover, you should maintain appropriate records for these mandated consultations.

• Postsecondary career and technical education programs assisted under Perkins IV are mandatory partners in the one-stop career center delivery system established by WIA. You are encouraged to collaborate with your State Workforce Investment Board and other one-stop partners as you plan for the participation of postsecondary career and technical programs in your State’s one-stop career center delivery system.

• Public hearings and other consultation activities should address all aspects of the State plan, including the reservation of funds under section 112(c) of the Act, if any, and the amount and uses of funds reserved for services that prepare individuals for nontraditional training and employment under section 112(a)(2)(B) of the Act.

II. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

A. Statutory Requirements

1. You must prepare and submit to the Secretary a State plan for a 6-year period; or

You may prepare and submit a transition plan for the first year of operation of programs under the Act. [Sec. 122(a)(1)]

States that submit a one-year transition plan must address, at a minimum, its plans or the State’s planning process for the following items: A2(a-l); A8; B1; and B2. States that submit a six-year State plan must address all of the items below.

2. You must describe the career and technical education activities to be assisted that are designed to meet or exceed the State adjusted levels of performance, including a description of—

(a) The career and technical education programs of study, that may be adopted by local educational agencies and postsecondary institutions to be offered as an option to students (and their parents as appropriate) when planning for and completing future coursework, for career and technical content areas that—

i. Incorporate secondary education and postsecondary education elements;

ii. Include coherent and rigorous content, aligned with challenging academic standards, and relevant career and technical content in a coordinated, non-duplicative progression of courses that align secondary education with postsecondary education to adequately prepare students to succeed in postsecondary education;

iii. May include the opportunity for secondary education students to participate in dual or concurrent enrollment programs or other ways to acquire postsecondary education credits; and

iv. Lead to an industry-recognized credential or certificate at the postsecondary level, or an associate or baccalaureate degree;

(b) How you, in consultation with eligible recipients, will develop and implement the career and technical programs of study described in (a) above;

3. How you will support eligible recipients in developing and implementing articulation agreements between secondary education and postsecondary education institutions;

3. How programs at the secondary level will make available information about career and technical programs of study offered by eligible recipients;

(e) The secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs to be carried out, including programs that will be carried out by you, to develop, improve, and expand access to appropriate technology in career and technical education programs;

(f) The criteria that you will use to approve eligible recipients for funds under the Act, including criteria to assess the extent to which the local plan will—

i. Promote continuous improvement in academic achievement;

ii. Promote continuous improvement of technical skill attainment; and

iii. Identify and address current or emerging occupational opportunities;

(g) How programs at the secondary level will prepare career and technical education students, including special populations, to graduate from secondary school with a diploma;

(h) How such programs will prepare career and technical education students, including special populations, academically and technically for opportunities in postsecondary education or entry into high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations in current or emerging occupations, and how participating students will be made aware of such opportunities;

(i) How funds will be used to improve or develop new career and technical education courses—

i. At the secondary level that are aligned with rigorous and challenging academic content standards and student academic achievement standards adopted by the State under section 1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended;

ii. At the postsecondary level that are relevant and challenging; and

iii. That leads to employment in high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations;

(j) How you will facilitate and coordinate communications on best practices among successful recipients of tech prep program grants under Title II and other eligible recipients to improve program quality and student achievement. (Please note this item is required only for States not consolidating all of their Tech Prep funds);

(k) How funds will be used effectively to link academic and career and technical education at the secondary level and at the postsecondary level in a manner that increases student academic and career and technical achievement; and

(l) How you will report on the integration of coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards in career and technical education programs in order to adequately evaluate the extent of such integration. [Sec. 122(c)(1)(A)-(L)]

3. You must describe how comprehensive professional development (including initial teacher preparation and activities that support recruitment) for career and technical teachers, faculty, administrators, and career guidance and academic counselors will be provided, especially professional development that—

(a) Promotes the integration of coherent and rigorous academic content standards and career and technical education curricula, including through opportunities for academic and career and technical teachers to jointly develop and implement curricula and pedagogical strategies;

(b) Increases the percentage of teachers that meet teacher certification or licensing requirements;

(c) Is high quality, sustained, intensive, and focused on instruction, and increases the academic knowledge and understanding of industry standards, as appropriate, of career and technical education teachers;

(d) Encourages applied learning that contributes to the academic and career and technical knowledge of the student;

(e) Provides the knowledge and skills needed to work with and improve instruction for special populations; and

(f) Promotes integration with professional development activities that the State carries out under Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. [Sec. 122(c)(2)(A)-(G)]

4. You must describe efforts that your agency and eligible recipients will make to improve—

(a) the recruitment and retention of career and technical education teachers, faculty, and career guidance and academic counselors, including individuals in groups underrepresented in the teaching profession; and

(b) the transition to teaching from business and industry, including small business. [Sec. 122(c)(3)(A)-(B)]

5. You must describe efforts that your agency and eligible recipients will make to improve the transition of sub-baccalaureate career and technical education students into baccalaureate degree programs at institutions of higher education. [Sec. 122(c)(4)]

6. You must describe how you will actively involve parents, academic and career and technical education teachers, administrators, faculty, career guidance and academic counselors, local business (including small businesses), and labor organizations in the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of career and technical education programs in your State. [Sec. 122(c)(5)]

7. You must describe efforts that your agency and eligible recipients will make to—

(a) Improve the academic and technical skills of students participating in career and technical education programs, including by strengthening the academic and career and technical components of career and technical education programs through the integration of academics with career and technical education to ensure learning in--

i. The core academic subjects (as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended); and

ii. Career and technical education subjects;

(b) Provide students with strong experience in, and understanding of, all aspects of an industry; and

(c) Ensure that students who participate in career and technical education programs are taught to the same challenging academic proficiencies as taught to all other students. [Sec. 122(c)(7)(A)-(C)]

8. You must describe how you will provide local educational agencies, area career and technical education schools, and eligible institutions in the State with technical assistance. [Sec. 122(c)(15)]

9. You must describe how career and technical education in your State relates to your State’s and regional occupational opportunities. [Sec. 122(c)(16)]

10. You must describe the methods you propose for the joint planning and coordination of programs carried out under this legislation with other Federal education programs. [Sec. 122(c)(17)]

11. You must describe the procedures you will develop to ensure coordination and non-duplication among programs listed in sections 112(b)(8) and 121(c) of the Workforce Investment Act (Public Law 105-220) concerning the provision of services for postsecondary students and school dropouts. [Sec. 122(c)(20)]

2. Other Department Requirements

1. You must submit a copy of your local applications or plans for secondary and postsecondary eligible recipients, which will meet the requirements in section 134(b) of the Act.

2. You must provide a description of your State’s governance structure for vocational and technical education, including the approximate number of eligible recipients at both secondary and postsecondary levels.

3. You must provide a description of the role of postsecondary career and technical education in the one-stop career center delivery system established by Title I of WIA.

C. Procedural Suggestions and Planning Reminders

• Program memorandum OVAE/DVTE 99-11 may be helpful to you in understanding the responsibilities for one-stop participation that are established by Title I of WIA and its implementing regulations. See http://www.ed.gov/policy/sectech/guid/cte/title19911.html.

III. PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS

States that submit a one-year transition plan must address, at a minimum, its plans or the State’s planning process for the following items: A1(a-c). States that submit a six-year State plan must address all of the items below.

Statutory Requirements

1. You must describe your program strategies for special populations listed in Section 3(29) of the Act, including a description of how individuals who are members of the special populations—

1. Will be provided with equal access to activities assisted under the Act.

(b) Will not be discriminated against on the basis of their status as members of special populations; and

(c) Will be provided with programs designed to enable the special populations to meet or exceed State adjusted levels of performance, and how you will prepare special populations for further learning and for high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations. [Sec. 122(c)(9)(A)-(C)]

2. You must describe how you will adequately address the needs of students in alternative education programs, if you have such programs. [Sec. 122(c)(14)]

3. You must describe how funds will be used to promote preparation for high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations and non-traditional fields. [Sec. 122(c)(18)]

4. You must describe how funds will be used to serve individuals in State correctional institutions. [Sec. 122(c)(19)]

5. You must describe how you will require each applicant for funds to include in its application a description of the steps the applicant proposes to take to ensure equitable access to, and participation in, its Federally-assisted program for students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries with special needs as contained in section 427(b) of the General Education Provisions Act as amended. For further guidance and examples, see the Notice to All Applicants at:

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/gepa427.doc.

Other Department Requirements

There are no other Department requirements for this section of the State plan narrative.

C. Procedural Suggestions and Planning Reminders

• Be sure that your local applications or forms seek complete information from eligible recipients on their proposed programs, services, and activities for special populations. See section 134(b)(8)(A)-(C), and 134(b)(9)-(10).

• The Act eliminated “individuals with other barriers to educational achievement” from the definition of special populations. See section 3(29).

• Under the State leadership set-aside, there is a cap of not more than 1 percent of the funds allotted to you under section 111 of the Act that can be used to serve individuals in State institutions. See section 112(a)(2)(A).

• You may wish to refer to Program Memorandum OVAE/DVTE 99-13 for additional background information concerning the reservation and use of State leadership funds for activities related to non-traditional training and employment.

• Your accountability system must be able to disaggregate data for each of the core indicators of performance under section 113(b)(2) of the Act for the categories of students described in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and section 3(29) of the Act that are served under the Act. See section 113(c)(2)(A).

IV. ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION

States that submit a one-year transition plan must submit a five-year plan prior to the second program year. At that time, the Department will reach agreement on performance levels for program year two (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009) for the indicators that were not initially required for program year one (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008). The Department will issue further guidance to States prior to the required submission of the five-year plan.

States that submit a transition plan, along with their eligible recipients, will not be subject to sanctions under sections 123(a) and (b) of the Act for the first program year for the core indicators that are not required.

A. Statutory Requirements

1. You must describe procedures you will use to obtain input from eligible recipients in establishing measurement definitions and approaches for the core indicators of performance for career and technical education students at the secondary and postsecondary levels, as well as for any other additional indicators of performance identified by the eligible agency. [Sec. 113(b)(1)(A)-(B), sec. 113(b)(2)(A)-(C)]

2. You must describe the procedures you will use to obtain input from eligible recipients in establishing a State adjusted level of performance for each of the core indicators of performance for career and technical education students at the secondary and postsecondary levels, as well as State levels of performance for any additional indicators of performance identified by the eligible agency. [Sec. 122(c)(10)(A), sec. 113(b)(3)(B)]

3. You must identify, on the forms in Part C of this guide, the valid and reliable measurement definitions and approaches that you will use for each of the core indicators of performance for career and technical education students at the secondary and postsecondary/adult levels, as well as any additional indicators of performance identified by the eligible agency, that are valid and reliable. You must describe how your proposed definitions and measures are valid and reliable. [Sec. 113(b)(2)(A)-(B)]

Section 113(b) of the Act describes the measures that a State must use for student attainment of challenging academic content standards and student academic achievement standards in reading/language arts and mathematics (1S1 and 1S2, respectively) and student graduation rates (4S1). Based on our non-regulatory guidance, we have prepopulated the measurement definitions on the Final Agreed Upon Performance Levels (FAUPL) form for your convenience. You do not need to describe how these definitions and measures are valid and reliable in your State plan narrative. A State that chooses to propose other student definitions and measurement approaches in its new State plan would have to describe how its proposed definitions and measures would be valid and reliable. (The Secretary is considering whether to issue regulations requiring a State to agree to use the student definitions and measurement approaches for the core indicators of performance for academic attainment in reading/language arts and mathematics and graduation rates as contained in the guidance document. If the Secretary decides to regulate on these issues and adopts final rules, a State may be required to amend its State plan.

4. You must describe how, in the course of developing core indicators of performance and additional indicators of performance, you will align the indicators, to the greatest extent possible, so that information substantially similar to that gathered for other State and Federal programs, or for any other purpose, is used to meet the Act’s accountability requirements. [Sec. 113(b)(2)(F)]

5. On the forms provided in Part C of this guide, you must provide, for the first two years covered by the State plan (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 and July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009), performance levels for each of the core indicators of performance, except that States submitting one-year transition plans are only required to submit performance levels for part of the indicators as discussed above. For performance levels that are required, the States’ performance levels, at a minimum, must be expressed in a percentage or numerical form, so as to be objective, quantifiable, and measurable; and require the State to continually make progress toward improving the performance of career and technical education students. [Sec. 113(b)(3)(A)(i)-(II)]

Section 113(b)(2) of the Perkins Act requires a State to develop valid and reliable core indicators of performance, to propose performance levels in its State plan, and to reach agreement with the Department on “adjusted performance levels” for each of the core indicators. In so doing, the Perkins Act prescribes the measures that a State must use for some of the core indicators.

1. Section 113(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Perkins Act requires a State to measure career and technical education students’ attainment of “challenging academic content standards” and “student academic achievement standards” that a State adopted pursuant to section 1111(b)(1) of the ESEA. The Perkins Act further requires a State use its State’s academic assessments (i.e. the State’s reading/language arts and mathematics tests) implemented under section 1111(b)(3) of the ESEA to measure career and technical education students’ attainment of these State standards. Thus, a State’s core indicators must include career and technical education students’ proficiency in reading/language arts and mathematics as measured under 1111(b)(1) and (3) of the ESEA. Accordingly, under the Perkins Act, a State must report the number or percent of its career and technical education students who score at the proficient level or above on the State’s assessments in reading/language arts and mathematics administered under the ESEA to measure the academic proficiency of secondary career and technical education students against the ESEA standards.

To measure attainment of these standards, a State must develop and reach agreement with the Department on “adjusted performance levels,” which constitute the State’s performance targets for a program year. Permissible targets (i.e. “adjusted performance levels”) would be a State’s “annual measurable objectives” (AMOs) from its State’s ESEA accountability workbook. (To ensure that a State’s schools are making “adequate yearly progress” (AYP) as required under section 1111(b)(2)(A) of the ESEA, section 1111(b)(2)(G) of the ESEA requires a State to establish Statewide AMOs, which identify a single minimum percentage of students who are required to meet or exceed the proficient level on the State’s academic assessments each year.) Under the Perkins Act, a State may propose different performance levels (targets) instead of its AMOs as discussed below.

2. Section 113(b)(2)(A)(iv) of the Perkins Act requires a State to identify a core indicator to measure for its career and technical education students at the secondary level “student graduation rates (as described in section 1111 (b)(2)(C)(vi) of the [ESEA]).” Thus, a State must report the number or percent of its career and technical education students whom the State includes as graduated in its graduation rate described under the ESEA. To ensure that a State’s schools are making AYP as required under section 1111(b)(2)(A) of the ESEA, some States have established Statewide targets for graduation rates under section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi), and others States have defined AYP only to require improvement in the graduation rate each year.

The Department strongly encourages your State to reach agreement on “adjusted performance levels” required under section 113 of the Perkins Act for the core indicators discussed in (a) and (b) above that are the same as your State’s AMOs or targets that your State adopted to ensure that your State’s schools are making AYP as required under section 1111(b)(2) of the ESEA. However, as noted above, your State may not have established targets for graduation rates under the ESEA, or your State may wish to propose performance levels for these core indicators that are different from your State’s targets. If so, your State must provide baseline data using your State’s most recent year’s achievement data or graduation rate under the ESEA, propose performance levels, and reach agreement with the Department on “adjusted performance levels.” (The Secretary is considering whether to issue regulations requiring a State to agree to “adjusted performance levels” under the Perkins Act that are the same as the State’s AMOs or targets for graduation rate under the ESEA. If the Secretary decides to regulate on this issue and adopts final rules, a State may be required to amend its State plan.)

6. You must describe your process for reaching agreement on local adjusted levels of performance if an eligible recipient does not accept the State adjusted levels of performance under section 113(b)(3) of the Act and ensuring that the established performance levels will require the eligible recipient to continually make progress toward improving the performance of career and technical education students. [Sec. 113(b)(4)(A)(i)(II); sec. 122(c)(10)(B)]

7. You must describe the objective criteria and methods you will use to allow an eligible recipient to request revisions to its local adjusted levels of performance if unanticipated circumstances arise with respect to an eligible recipient. [Sec. 113(b)(4)(A)(vi)]

8. You must describe how you will report data relating to students participating in career and technical education programs in order to adequately measure the progress of the students, including special populations and students participating in tech prep programs, if applicable, and how you will ensure that the data reported to you from local educational agencies and eligible institutions, and the data that you report to the Secretary, are complete, accurate, and reliable. [Sec. 122(c)(13); sec 205].

9. You must describe how your State plans to enter into an agreement with each consortium receiving a grant under Perkins IV to meet a minimum level of performance for each of the performance indicators described in section 113(b) and 203(e) of the Act. [Sec. 204(e)(1)]

10. You must describe how you will annually evaluate the effectiveness of career and technical education programs, and describe, to the extent practicable, how you are coordinating those programs with other Federal programs to ensure non-duplication. [Sec. 122(c)(8)]

B. Other Department Requirements

1. Except as noted above with respect the States submitting one-year transition plans, you must provide all the information requested on the forms provided in Part C of this guide to report accountability data annually to the Secretary under section 113(c)(1)-(2), including:

1. The student definitions that you will use for the secondary core indicators of performance and the postsecondary/adult core indicators of performance;

2. Baseline data for the core indicators of performance under section 113(b)(2) using data from the most-recently completed program year, except that, for the indicators for which your State must use your State’s standards, assessment, and graduation rates adopted under Title I of the ESEA, if your State chooses to use its AMOs and targets under the ESEA, you will not need to submit baseline data; and

3. Proposed performance levels as discussed above, except that, for the indicators for which your State must use your State’s standards, assessments, and graduation rates adopted under Title I of the ESEA, if your State chooses to use its AMOs and targets under the ESEA, you will only have to confirm this information with your Regional Accountability Specialist. Upon your request, the Regional Accountability Specialist will pre-populate the forms in Part C with your State’s AMOs and targets for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 program years and send the forms for you to finish completing.

2. You must identify the program areas for which the State has technical skill assessments, the estimated percentage of CTE students who take technical skill assessments, and the State’s plan for increasing the coverage of programs and students reported in future program years.

3. Your State’s grant approval letter will incorporate your State’s final agreed upon adjusted performance levels (FAUPL) into your State plan, as required by section 113(b)(3)(iii) and (v). If your State misses meeting at least 90% of any adjusted performance level, for three or more consecutive years, the Secretary may condition your State’s subsequent grant on your submission of periodic reports on your State’s progress toward meeting its adjusted performance levels and implementing its improvement plan under section 123(a).

Procedural Suggestions and Planning Reminders

• The Secretary will approve a State plan, or a revision to an approved State plan, unless the Secretary determines that the State plan, or revision, respectively, does not meet the requirements of the Act. These requirements include that a State must develop valid and reliable measures for the core indicators of performance and establish levels of performance on the core indicators of performance are sufficiently rigorous to meet the purposes of the Act. See section 122(e)(1)(A)-(B); section 113(b)(2).

• If your State has developed, prior to the date of enactment of the Act, performance measures that meet the requirements of section 113 of the Act, as amended by Public Law 109-270, the State may continue to use such performance measures to measure the progress of career and technical education students. See section 113(b)(2)(D).

• You will be required to prepare and submit annually to the Secretary a report on the progress of the State in achieving the State adjusted levels of performance on the core indicators of performance; and information on the levels of performance achieved by the State with respect to the additional indicators of performance, including the levels of performance for special populations. See section 113(c)(1).

• With respect to future reports, your accountability system must be able to disaggregate data for each of the core indicators of performance under section 113(b)(2) and 203(e) of the Act, if applicable, for the categories of students described in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the ESEA and section 3(29) of the Act that are served under the Act. See section 113(c)(2)(A). The Department will issue further guidance to States on non-duplication of data. See section 113(c)(3).

• If your State does not consolidate all of its tech prep funds into its Title I grant, the State will be required to disaggregate data for each of the core indicators of performance under section 113(b)(2) of the Act for tech prep students.

• You will be required to identify and quantify any disparities or gaps in performance between any category of students described in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the ESEA and section 3(29) of the Act and the performance of all students served by the eligible agency under this Act, which must include a quantifiable description of the progress each such category of students served by the eligible agency under this Act has made in meeting the State adjusted levels of performance. See section 113(c)(2)(B).

• The Department will make the information contained in reports submitted by States under section 113(c) and 205 of the Act available to the general public through a variety of formats, including electronically through the Internet, will disseminate State-by-State comparisons of the information, and will provide the appropriate committees of Congress with copies of such reports. See section 113(c)(5)(A)-(C) and section 205.

• Your State is responsible for identifying, using national, state, or regional data, the career and technical education programs that lead to non-traditional fields. See section 113(b)((2)(A)(vi) and section 113(b)(2)(B)(v). The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics and Women’s Bureau, and the National Association of Partners in Education are several sources of information and data to assist States in this effort. See http://www.bls.gov/home.htm, http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2005.htm, and http://www.napequity.org.

• Your State is responsible for identifying, using national, state, or regional data, the occupations, or professions that it will classify as high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand. See section 113(b)(2)(B)(iv). The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, offers a wealth of information and data to assist States in this effort. See http://www.bls.gov/home.htm, as well as the Department’s Web site at http://www.edcountability.net.

V. TECH PREP PROGRAMS

NOTE: In view of the fact that States no longer receive funding under Title II of Perkins IV (Tech Prep Education Grants), States will not submit paperwork related to Title II grants.

Important Note: States receiving an allotment under sections 111 and 201 may choose to consolidate all, or a portion of, funds received under section 201 with funds received under section 111 in order to carry out the activities described in the State plan submitted under section 122. Only States that will use all or part of their allotment under section 201 need to complete items in this section of the State plan.

States that submit a one-year transition plan that includes Title II tech prep programs must address, at a minimum, its plans or the State’s planning process for the following items: A(1);B(1); and B(2). States that submit a six-year State plan that includes Title II tech prep programs must address all of the items below.

A. Statutory Requirements

1. You must describe the competitive basis or formula you will use to award grants to tech-prep consortia. [Sec. 203(a)(1)]

2. You must describe how you will give special consideration to applications that address the areas identified in section 204(d) of the Act. [Sec. 204(d)(1)-(6)]

3. You must describe how you will ensure an equitable distribution of assistance between urban and rural consortium participants. [Sec. 204(f)]

4. You must describe how your agency will ensure that each funded tech prep program—

1. Is carried out under an articulation agreement between the participants in the consortium, as defined in section 3(4) of the Act;

2. Consists of a program of study that meets the requirements of section 203(c)(2)(A)-(G) of the Act;

3. Includes the development of tech prep programs for secondary and postsecondary education that meet the requirements of section 203(c)(3)(A)-(D) of the Act;

4. Includes in-service professional development for teachers, faculty, and administrators that meets the requirements of section 203(c)(4)(A)-(F) of the Act.

5. Includes professional development programs for counselors that meet the requirements of section 203(c)(5)(A)-(F) of the Act;

6. Provides equal access to the full range of technical preparation programs (including pre-apprenticeship programs) to individuals who are members of special populations, including the development of tech-prep program services appropriate to the needs of special populations [Sec. 203(c)(6)];

7. Provides for preparatory services that assist participants in tech-prep programs [Sec. 203(c)(7)]; and

8. Coordinates with activities under Title I. [Sec. 203(c)(8)]

5. You must describe how your State plans to enter into an agreement with each consortium receiving a grant under Perkins IV to meet a minimum level of performance for each of the performance indicators described in sections 113(b) and 203(e) of the Act. [Sec. 204(e)(1)]

2. Other Department Requirements

1. You must submit a copy of the local application form(s) used to award tech prep funds to consortia and a copy of the technical review criteria used to select winning consortia, if funds are awarded competitively.

C. Procedural Suggestions and Planning Reminders

• Non-supplanting requirements apply to Title II tech prep programs. See section 311(a).

• State expenditures for Title II tech prep programs are a part of the maintenance of effort calculations originally required by the Act. See section 311(b).

• State administrative costs are still limited to those costs that are “reasonable and necessary.” See OVAE’s program memo at http://www.ed.gov/programs/techprep/tpmemo5192000.html.

• Title II funds may not be used for State leadership activities. See OVAE’s program memo at http://www.ed.gov/programs/techprep/tpmemo5192000.html.

• You will be required to prepare and submit annually to the Secretary a report on the effectiveness of the tech prep programs assisted under Title II. See section 205.

VI. FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS

NOTE: In view of the fact that States no longer receive funding under Title II of Perkins IV (Tech Prep Education Grants), States will not submit paperwork related to Title II grants.

All States must complete this entire section.

A. Statutory Requirements

1. You must describe how your agency will allocate funds it receives through the allotment made under section 111 of the Act, including any funds that you choose to consolidate under section 202(a) of the Act, will be allocated among career and technical education at the secondary level, or career and technical education at the postsecondary and adult level, or both, including the rationale for such allocation. [Sec. 122(c)(6)(A); Sec. 202(c)]

2. You must provide the specific dollar allocations made available by the eligible agency for career and technical education programs under section 131(a)-(e) of the Act and how these allocations are distributed to local educational agencies, area career and technical education schools, and educational service agencies within the State. [Sec. 131(g); Sec. 202(c)]]

3. You must provide the specific dollar allocations made available by the eligible agency for career and technical education programs under section 132(a) of the Act and how these allocations are distributed to postsecondary institutions within the State. [Section 122(c)(6)(A); Sec. 202(c)]

4. You must describe how your agency will allocate any of those funds among any consortia that will be formed among secondary schools, and how funds will be allocated among the members of the consortia, including the rationale for such allocation. [Sec. 122(c)(6)(B); Sec. 202(c)]

5. You must describe how your agency will allocate any of those funds among any consortia that will be formed among postsecondary institutions, and how funds will be allocated among the members of the consortia, including the rationale for such allocations. [Section 122(c)(6)(B); sec. 202(c)]

6. You must describe how you will adjust the data used to make the allocations to reflect any change in school district boundaries that may have occurred since the population and/or enrollment data was collected, and include local educational agencies without geographical boundaries, such as charter schools and secondary schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. [Sec. 131(a)(3)]

7. You must provide a description of any proposed alternative allocation formula(s) requiring approval by the Secretary as described in section 131(b) or 132(b) of the Act. At a minimum, you must provide an allocation run for eligible recipients using the required elements outlined in section 131(a) and/or section 132(a)(2) of the Act, together with an allocation run using the proposed alternative formula(s). Also you must include a demonstration that the alternative secondary formula more effectively targets funds on the basis of poverty, as described in section 131(b)(1) of the Act; and/or, in the case of an alternative postsecondary formula, a demonstration that the formula described in section 132(a)(2) of the Act does not result in a distribution of funds to eligible recipients that have the highest numbers of economically disadvantaged individuals and that an alternative formula would result in such a distribution.

B. Other Department Requirements

1. You must submit a detailed project budget, using the forms provided in Part B of this guide.

2. You must provide a listing of allocations made to consortia (secondary and postsecondary) from funds available under sections 112(a) and (c) of the Act.

3. You must describe the secondary and postsecondary formulas used to allocate funds available under section 112(a) of the Act, as required by section 131(a) and 132(a) of the Act.

4. You must describe the competitive basis or formula to be used to award reserve funds under section 112(c) of the Act.

5. You must describe the procedures used to rank and determine eligible recipients seeking funding under section 112(c) of the Act.

6. You must include a description of the procedures used to determine eligible recipients in rural and sparsely populated areas under section 131(c)(2) or 132(a)(4) of the Act.

C. Procedural Suggestions and Planning Reminders

• Funds received under the Act may not be used to provide career and technical education programs to students prior to the seventh grade, except that equipment and facilities purchased with funds under this Act may be used by such students. See section 315.

• States must meet maintenance of fiscal effort requirements, on either per student or aggregate expenditure basis. See section 311(b)(1)(A).

• No funds made available under the Act may be used to require any secondary school student to choose or pursue a specific career path or major. See section 314(1).

• No funds made available under the Act may be used to mandate that any individual participate in a career and technical education program, including a career and technical education program that requires the attainment of a federally funded skill level, standard, or certificate of mastery. See section 314(2).

• All funds made available under the Act must be used in accordance with the Act. See section 6.

• Funds made available under the Act for career and technical education activities may supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds expended to carry out career and technical education activities and tech prep activities. See section 311(a).

• No funds provided under the Act may be used for the purpose of directly providing incentives or inducements to an employer to relocate a business enterprise from one State to another State if such relocation will result in a reduction in the number of jobs available in the State where the business enterprise is located before such incentives or inducements are offered. See section 322.

• The portion of any student financial assistance received under the Act that is made available for attendance costs may not be considered as income or resources in determining eligibility for assistance under any other program funded in whole or in part with Federal funds. See section 324(a).

• Funds made available under the Act may be used to pay for the costs of career and technical education services required in an individualized education program developed pursuant to section 614(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and services necessary to the requirements of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 with respect to ensuring equal access to career and technical education. See section 324(c).

VII. EDGAR CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER ASSURANCES

All States must complete this entire section.

1. EDGAR Certifications

1. You must provide a written and signed certification that—

1. The plan is submitted by the State agency that is eligible to submit the plan. [34 CFR 76.104(a)(1)] [Note: The term ‘eligible agency’ means a State board designated or created consistent with State law as the sole State agency responsible for the administration, or the supervision of the administration, of career and technical education in the State. See Sec. 3(12).]

2. The State agency has authority under State law to perform the functions of the State under the program. [34 CFR 76.104(a)(2)]

3. The State legally may carry out each provision of the plan. [34 CFR 76.104(a)(3)]

4. All provisions of the plan are consistent with State law. [34 CFR 76.104(a)(4)]

5. A State officer, specified by title in the certification, has authority under State law to receive, hold, and disburse Federal funds made available under the plan. [34 CFR 76.104(a)(5)] [Note: If a State wishes for the Department to continue sending the grant award documents directly to the State director, this individual’s title needs to be listed on this portion of the assurance.]

6. The State officer who submits the plan, specified by title in the certification, has authority to submit the plan. [34 CFR 76.104(a)(6)]

7. The agency that submits the plan has adopted or otherwise formally approved the plan. [34 CFR 76.104(a)(7)]

8. The plan is the basis for State operation and administration of the program. [34 CFR 76.104(a)(8)]

B. Other Assurances

1. You must submit a copy of the State plan to the State office responsible for the Intergovernmental Review Process if your State implements that review process under Executive Order 12372. [See 34 CFR Part 79]

2. You must provide a complete and signed ED Form 80-0013 for certifications regarding lobbying; [See 34 CFR Part 82]. To download ED Form 80-0013, and the SF LLL Form (Disclosure of Lobbying Activities) referred therein, See: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html

3. You must provide a complete and signed Assurance for Non-Construction Programs Form. [See http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html]

3. You must provide a signed assurance that you will comply with the requirements of the Act and the provisions of the State plan, including the provision of a financial audit of funds received under the Act which may be included as part of an audit of other Federal or State programs. [Sec. 122(c)(11)]

3. You must provide a signed assurance that none of the funds expended under the Act will be used to acquire equipment (including computer software) in any instance in which such acquisition results in a direct financial benefit to any organization representing the interests of the acquiring entity or the employees of the acquiring entity, or any affiliate of such an organization. [Sec. 122(c)(12)]

3. You must provide a signed assurance that your State will waive the minimum allocation as required in section 131(c)(1) in any case in which the local educational agency is located in a rural, sparsely populated area or is a public charter school operating secondary school career and technical education programs and demonstrates that it is unable to enter into a consortium for purposes of providing services under the Act. [Section 131(c)(2)]

3. You must provide a signed assurance that your State will provide, from non-Federal sources for the costs the eligible agency incurs for the administration of programs under this Act, an amount that is not less than the amount provided by the eligible agency from non-Federal sources for such costs for the preceding fiscal year. [Sec. 323(a)]

3. You must provide a signed assurance that your State and eligible recipients that use funds under this Act for in-service and pre-service career and technical education professional development programs for career and technical education teachers, administrators, and other personnel shall, to the extent practicable, upon written request, permit the participation in such programs of career and technical education secondary school teachers, administrators, and other personnel in nonprofit private schools offering career and technical secondary education programs located in the geographical area served by such eligible agency or eligible recipient. [Sec. 317(a)]

3. You must provide a signed assurance that, except as prohibited by State or local law, that an eligible recipient may, upon written request, use funds made available under this Act to provide for the meaningful participation, in career and technical education programs and activities receiving funds under this Act, of secondary school students attending nonprofit private schools who reside in the geographical area served by the eligible recipient. [Sec. 317(b)(1)]

3. You must provide a signed assurance that eligible recipients that receive an allotment under this Act will consult, upon written request, in a timely and meaningful manner with representatives of nonprofit private schools in the geographical area served by the eligible recipient regarding the meaningful participation, in career and technical education programs and activities receiving funding under this Act, of secondary school students attending nonprofit private schools. [Sec. 317(b)(2)]

C. Procedural Suggestions and Planning Reminders

• EDGAR regulations implementing the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 U.S.C. 701 et seq., as amended) are provided in 34 CFR Part 84, “Government-wide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Financial Assistance).” Changes in this Government-wide requirement (adopted in the November 26, 2003 Federal Register Notice) now implement this as a condition of the award. See 34 CFR 84.400.

• EDGAR regulations implementing Executive Orders 12549 and 12689 and Section. 2455 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation are provided in 34 CFR Part 85, “Government-wide Debarment and Suspension (Non-procurement).” Changes in this Government-wide requirement (adopted in the November 26, 2003 Federal Register Notice) now implement this as a condition of the award. See 34 CFR 85.440. You are also responsible for including a condition in any sub-grant and contract that meets the definition for a covered transaction a condition that the lower tier participant must comply with the regulations in part 85. See 34 CFR 85.330.

• Under EDGAR regulations at 34CFR 85.320, your State is responsible for determining whether any of your principals of your covered transactions (i.e. sub-grants or contracts) is excluded or disqualified from participating in the transaction. See 34 CFR 85.320. You may decide the method and frequency by which you do so. You may, but are not required to, check the Excluded Parties List System at the following site: http://www.epls.gov/.

PART B: BUDGET FORMS

INSTRUCTIONS

NOTE: In view of the fact that States no longer receive funding under Title II of Perkins IV (Tech Prep Education Grants), States will not submit paperwork related to Title II grants.

On the attached budget tables, you must identify:

I. Title I: Career and Technical Education Assistance to States

Line I.A The amount of Title I funds available under section 112(a).

Line I.B The amount of Title II funds, if any, to be consolidated with Title I funds as described in section 202(a) and (b).

Line I.C The total amount of combined Title I and Title II funds.

Line I.D The percent and amount, if any, slated for eligible recipients under section 112(a)(1).

Line I.D.1 The amount, if any, to be reserved under section 112(c).

Line I.D.1.a The percent and amount reserved for secondary recipients.

Line I.D.1.b The percent and amount reserved for postsecondary recipients.

Line I.D.2 The amount to be made available for eligible recipients for under section 112(a)(1) by the allocation formulas addressed in sections 131 and 132.

Line I.D.2.a The percent and amount slated for secondary recipients.

Line I.D.2.b The percent and amount slated for postsecondary recipients.

Line I.E. The percent and amount to be made available for State leadership under section 112(a)(2).

Line I.E.1 The amount to be made available for services to prepare individuals for non-traditional fields under section 112(a)(2)(B).

Line I.E.2 The amount to be made available to serve individuals in State institutions, as described in section 112(a)(2)(A).

Line I.F The percent and amount to be expended for State administration under section 112(a)(3).

Line I.G The amount to be expended for matching of Federal expenditures for State administration under sections 112(b) and 323.

2. Title II: Tech Prep Programs

Line II.A The amount of funds available under section 201(a).

Line II.B The amount of Title II funds, if any, to be consolidated with Title I funds as described in section 202(a).

Line II.C The total amount of funds to be used for Title II tech-prep programs.

Line II.D The amount of funds to be made available for tech-prep consortia under section 203.

Line II.D.1 The percent of funds to be made available for tech-prep consortia under section 203.

Line II.D.2 The number of tech-prep consortia to be funded.

Line II.E The amount to be expended for State administration under Title II.

Line II.E.1 The percent of funds to be expended for State administration under Title II.

FY 2010 PERKINS IV BUDGET FORMAT

(For Federal Funds that Become Available Beginning on July 1, 2010)

STATE NAME:

Item (Note: Insert dollar amounts or values where requested with lines below)	Amount
Title I – State Basic Grant
Title I Allocation	$
Title II Funds Consolidated with Title I Funds	$
Total Title I Funds (Title I Allocation + Consolidated Title II Funds)	$
Local Formula Distribution (not less than 85% of total Title I funds)	$
Reserve (not more than 10% of the 85% of funds for local distribution)	$
Secondary programs (__ __% of funds)	$
Postsecondary programs (__ __% of funds)	$
Remainder for local distribution (85% of the funds for local distribution less any funds reserved)	$
Secondary programs (__ __% of funds)	$
Postsecondary programs (__ __% of funds)	$
State Leadership (not more than 10% of the total Title I funds)	$
Nontraditional training and employment (between $60,000 and $150,000)	$
Corrections or institutions (not more than 10% of state leadership funds)	$
State Administration (not more than 5% of the total Title I funds)	$
State Administrative Match (from non-federal funds)1	$

NOTE: In view of the fact that States no longer receive funding under Title II of Perkins IV (Tech Prep Education Grants), States will not submit paperwork related to Title II grants.

Item (Note: Insert dollar amounts or values where requested with lines below)	Amount
Title II—Tech Prep Education
Title II Allocation	$
Title II Funds Consolidated with Title I Funds  Check here if you did not consolidate any Title II funds last year	$
Total Title II Funds (Title II Allocation - Consolidated Title II Funds)	$
Administration (amount as “reasonable and necessary”)	$
Percent of funds for administration %
Remainder for consortia (Title II funds less any funds for administration)	$
Number of consortia
Method of distribution (check one): Formula Competitive

PART C: ACCOUNTABILITY FORMS

INSTRUCTIONS For Completion of the Definitions and Final Agreed Upon Performance Level (FAUPL) form:

(This information, which States have entered in previous years, is now carried forward year to year in the electronic FAUPL). FAUPL performance level negotiations are done on line and specific training and guidance is provided to States prior to each State Plan Submission.

9. Definitions of Student Populations

You must provide (page 52) the career and technical education (CTE) student definitions that you will use for the secondary and postsecondary/adult core indicators of performance, e.g., “CTE participants” and “CTE concentrators.” These are the students on which you will report data annually to the Secretary under section 113(c)(1)-(2) of the Act.

2. Identification of Measurement Definitions/Approaches

In Columns 2 and 3 of the “Final Agreed Upon Performance Levels” (FAUPL) forms on pages 53-55, you must provide your valid and reliable measurement definitions and approaches, respectively, for each of the core indicators of performance required under section 113(b) of the Act. Each definition must contain a description of the numerator (the number of individuals achieving an outcome) and a denominator (the number of individuals seeking to achieve an outcome). As discussed above in Part A, Section IV, A.3, based on our non-regulatory guidance, we have pre-populated the FAUPL form with the measurement definitions and approaches for the core indicators to measure student attainment of challenging academic content standards and student academic achievement standards in reading/language arts and mathematics under the ESEA (1S1 and 1S2, respectively) and student graduation rates under the ESEA (4S1). A State may choose to propose other student definitions and measurement approaches, but it would have to describe in its new State plan how it’s proposed definitions and measures would be valid and reliable.

2. Baseline Data

In Column 4 of the FAUPL forms, you must provide baseline data, using data for the most recently completed program year (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009), on the performance of career and technical education students on each of the core indicators of performance, except that, for the indicators for which your State must use your State’s standards, assessments, and graduation rates adopted under Title I of the ESEA, if your State chooses to use its AMOs and targets under the ESEA, you will not need to submit baseline data.

2. Performance Levels

In Columns 5 - 10 of the FAUPL forms, you must provide proposed levels of performance for each of the core indicators of performance for the first four program years (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2011) as required under section 113(b)(3)(ii) of the Perkins Act, except that, for the indicators for which the State must use its State’s standards, assessments, and graduation rates adopted under Title I of the ESEA, a State that chooses to use its AMOs or targets under the ESEA will only have to confirm this information with its OVAE Regional Accountability Specialist. In submission year 2011, states will provide performance levels for the remaining 2 program years (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2013) for each of the core indicators of performance.. The Regional Accountability Specialist has pre-populated the forms in Part C with the State’s AMOs or targets for each program year.

2. State Confirmation of Final Agreed Upon Performance Levels

After you reach agreement with the Department on your State’s final agreed upon adjusted performance levels for each program year, you will be asked to confirm these levels via e-mail submission of your State’s FAUPL form. Your State’s final agreed upon performance levels for the first two program years for the ESEA indicators was incorporated into your State plan and your July 1, 2009 Perkins grant award. Submission requirements for the remaining years of the legislation will consist of a budget submission and any revisions to the State Plan. Prior to the fourth year of the legislation (FY 2011), states are required to submit and negotiate performance levels for program year five and six, respectively, for the core indicators of performance described in section 113(b) of Perkins IV. See Part C of the State Plan Guide.

I. Student Definitions

A. Secondary Level

Participants –

Concentrators –

B. Postsecondary/Adult Level

Participants –

Concentrators –

2. FINAL AGREED UPON PERFORMANCE LEVELS FORM (FAUPL)

1 The eligible agency must provide non-federal funds for State administration of the Perkins IV, Title I grant in an amount not less than the amount it provided in the preceding year pursuant to section 323 of Perkins IV.

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